diff --git a/frangiPANe/snakefiles/bwa_mem.smk b/frangiPANe/snakefiles/bwa_mem.smk
index 299ca46b30472c86c005ab0142eed61b66c16837..db8d83ca58bf7ec12dd3fc0a605b41ebc1dab20f 100644
--- a/frangiPANe/snakefiles/bwa_mem.smk
+++ b/frangiPANe/snakefiles/bwa_mem.smk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rule bwa_mem:
         rg = f"@RG\\tID:{{sample_name}}\\tSM:{{sample_name}}\\tPL:Illumina",
         other_options_bwaMem = frangipane_obj.get_config_value("PARAMS","bwa_mem"),
         other_options_samtoolsSort = frangipane_obj.get_config_value("PARAMS","samtools_sort")
-    threads: get_threads('bwa_mem', 1)
+    threads: get_threads('bwa_mem', 2)
     message:
          f"""--------------------
 -Running {{rule}}
diff --git a/frangiPANe/snakefiles/samtools_view.smk b/frangiPANe/snakefiles/samtools_view.smk
index 28c1518c728c2a55d7346006cc84d54a5299028d..afb9c37c2e4406c89daf870e43219f86525033aa 100644
--- a/frangiPANe/snakefiles/samtools_view.smk
+++ b/frangiPANe/snakefiles/samtools_view.smk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rule samtools_view:
         output = f"{frangipane_obj.path_logs}/samtools_view/{{sample_name}}-{{ref_name}}.o"
     params:
         other_options = frangipane_obj.get_config_value("PARAMS","samtools_view"),
-    threads: get_threads('samtools_view', 1)
+    threads: get_threads('samtools_view', 2)
     message:
         f"""--------------------
 -Running {{rule}}